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BBC NEWS | Business | Migrant workers 'face exploitation'
A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3060061.stm
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Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations
Helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers in south Florida and the Glades with emergency assistance, immigration, substance abuse and mental health, literacy and employment. Partnerships with UMOS and MAFO, conference dates.
http://www.coffo.org/
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Commission for Farm Workers' Rights
Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.
http://cfwr.tripod.com
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December18
Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. In English, French and Spanish.
http://www.december18.net
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Farmworker Justice Fund
Monitoring, analysis and ways to get involved on issues affecting migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including labor and employment, occupational safety and health, farmworker women, immigration, and access to the justice system.
http://www.fwjustice.org
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International Labour Migration
Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/
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International Migrant Workers: Oregon State Archives
Archival information on Mexican migrant workers in Oregon in the 1940s.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/osu/osuintwork.html
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Justica For Migrant Workers
Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW).
http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org
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Migrant Workers
Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/genact/socprot/migrant/
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Migrant Workers - Ireland
Information for migrant workers in Ireland.
http://www.ictu.ie/html/yrights/rmigrant.html
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Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery
Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
http://www.fidh.org/magmoyen/rapport/2003/il1806a.pdf
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Migrant Workers in Washington State: a Boon to the Tree Fruit Industry
Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html
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Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart
Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1082875,00.html
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Migrants.Net
Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong.
http://www.migrants.net
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Migration Network
Information on migrant workers in Lebanon.
http://www.lnf.org.lb/migrationnetwork/migrant.html
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Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain
Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-6878-f0.cfm
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The Human Rights of Migrant Workers
Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education.
http://www.pdhre.org/rights/migrants.html
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The Migrant Experience
Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and "Okies") during the first half of the twentieth century.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
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